]]>https://goleadergrow.com/2018/02/13/global-leadership-summit-2/feed/0jimmyj1959GLS 2018LeaderBox – Leadership Resources for YOUhttps://goleadergrow.com/2018/02/12/leaderbox-leadership-resources-for-you/
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I am providing a link that you can use to learn more. Invest in yourself this year. LeaderBox can help!

]]>https://goleadergrow.com/2018/02/12/leaderbox-leadership-resources-for-you/feed/0jimmyj1959LeaderBox.JPGThoughts for the Dayhttps://goleadergrow.com/2018/02/12/thoughts-for-the-day/
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]]>https://goleadergrow.com/2018/02/12/thoughts-for-the-day/feed/0jimmyj1959The Impact of Coachinghttps://goleadergrow.com/2018/02/07/the-impact-of-coaching/
https://goleadergrow.com/2018/02/07/the-impact-of-coaching/#respondWed, 07 Feb 2018 15:37:22 +0000http://goleadergrow.com/?p=6253Read more The Impact of Coaching]]>“From my point of view coaching is not a tool, it is a way of being. At best it is a way of being with someone so that they begin to believe in, and progress, their own ideas. Coaching your employees can best be achieved by setting up a certified coach training programme for managers so that they can coach their staff successfully by:

• ensuring there are clear agreements and confidentiality
• creating and maintaining the energy and space for them to further their own potential
• encouraging them to take calculated risks
• challenging their negative beliefs
• enjoying with them the sense of achievement
• working with them to enhance their potential

I agree! I have found no downside to effect coaching. Your team wants it. Your company/organization needs it. You, the leader, needs it!

So why don’t we do it consistently?

Many people don’t know how to coach.

Many people don’t value coaching. “I’ve told them once…why don’t they get it.”

Many people don’t value other people.

Many people have a skewed idea of what coaching is.

In the article mentioned above, Jackie Arnold goes on to say:

“One significant advantage of coaching is that your employees will begin to take ownership and responsibility for their actions and self-development. The good news is that the manager as coach does not need to come up with solutions. Instead youwill be listeningmore closely to your staff, reflecting backwhat you hear and questioningthem in order to bring out theirideas and solutions.”

My leadership and I have been working on developing our coaching skills. I am happy to say that they have dramatically improved! They have learned to ask great questions to get to the core of issues. And they don’t stop with just one question. They dig. They probe. They get their team members to really think. They get to the bottom of issues. And their team members are coming up with solutions.

So as you head into a coaching session, prepare yourself by writing down key questions you want to ask. Avoid questions that can be answered with a yes/no.

Not: “Did you learn something from that project?” Rather: “What did you learn from that project that you can apply going forward?

Not: “Did your interaction with that other department go well?” Rather: “How did your interaction go with that department?”

Not: “I see you did not complete the report on time. Are you going to get it done by next week?” Rather: “What got in your way that caused the report to be late? Who was affected by this delay? What needs to change in future for you to be more timely?”

It is easy to move into auto-pilot mode as a leader. You are busy. You’ve got your own deadlines and initiatives. But as a leader, you are supposed to get results through others. And those “others” also can slip into auto-pilot. Great questions help them break free from that mode. Great questions help you understand what is happening and why it is happening. Great questions help you and your team member become better.

Do some preparation in advance, and your next coaching session can improve!

]]>https://goleadergrow.com/2018/02/07/the-impact-of-coaching/feed/0jimmyj1959img_0232Podcastshttps://goleadergrow.com/2018/02/01/podcasts/
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Here are some questions I have for you. I would love to read your feedback/answers in the comment section below:

How long are you wanting a podcast to last? (i.e. <5 minutes? 5-10 minutes?)

What would you want/need to hear in a podcast? In other words, what would bring YOU value in a podcast?

Do you prefer an audio podcast or a video podcast?

Again, I value your opinion. Please take a moment and comment below on one or all of these questions. Thank you.

“The problem is about 70% of leaders rate themselves as inspiring and motivating – much in the same way as we all rate ourselves as great drivers. But this stands in stark contrast to how employees perceive their leaders. A survey published by Forbes found that 65% of employees would forego a pay raise if it meant seeing their leader fired, and a 2016 Gallup engagement survey found that 82% of employees see their leaders as fundamentally uninspiring. In our opinion, these two things are directly related.

There is a vast upside to human leadership. As data from McKinsey & Company shows, when employees are intrinsically motivated, they are 32% more committed and 46% more satisfied with their job and perform 16% better.

As human beings, we are all driven by basic needs for meaning, happiness, human connectedness, and a desire to contribute positively to others. And leaders that truly understands these needs, and lead in a way that enables these intrinsic motivations, have the keys to enable strong loyalty, engagement and performance. As leaders, we must be humans before managers.”

]]>https://goleadergrow.com/2018/01/30/dont-forget-to-be-human/feed/0jimmyj1959harvard business reviewThese 2 Words are His Best Career Advice for Young People by Melanie Curtinhttps://goleadergrow.com/2018/01/28/these-2-words-are-his-best-career-advice-for-young-people-by-melanie-curtin/
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‘Explore GS’ is a speaker series for interns at Goldman Sachs. A few years ago, CEO and Chairman of the firm, Lloyd Blankfein, participated in it, giving sage advice on how to forge a career path that will lead to success.

Blankfein is in a good position to comment. He became a billionaire in 2015 and has led Goldman Sachs for over a decade. “I’ll give you advice that’s impossible to follow,” he prefaced before dropping his epic knowledge, then followed up by saying his younger self would probably never have been able to follow it.

My father is almost 89. He’s had a very rough last three weeks. He has been in the hospital and in a rehab facility. We were able to just bring him back to his apartment yesterday. Several times during these three weeks I have witnessed something.

He always takes time to talk with people. He’s always willing to help. He speaks words of encouragement. He asks about others. He smiles at people.

(Dad helping folks at his nursing home find someone – the day he got back to his apartment.)

Granted, physically he has been in bad shape for three weeks. But even during those times, he has found ways to try to brighten somebody’s day or to do something for someone.

(My Dad helping out his friend on a Sunday service at the rehab center)

Leaders demonstrate the ability to care for others. But it’s not something that they have to manufacture. It comes from their heart to another person’s heart. That is my dad. He has been such a great example to me.

(With some of his grandkids and 1 of his great grandkids.)

]]>https://goleadergrow.com/2018/01/14/a-heart-for-people/feed/1jimmyj1959Are You on Your Path to Promotion?https://goleadergrow.com/2018/01/10/are-you-on-your-path-to-promotion/
https://goleadergrow.com/2018/01/10/are-you-on-your-path-to-promotion/#respondWed, 10 Jan 2018 10:49:01 +0000http://goleadergrow.com/2018/01/10/are-you-on-your-path-to-promotion/Several years ago, I wrote a little book primarily for my staff to help them understand this process. Here’s an under three minute video that summarizes these thoughts.